Young readers often find the novels of Dicken...

Young readers often find the novels of Dickens　　　 than Thackeray's.

A.far more exciting B.even much exciting

C.so more exciting D.a lot much exciting

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Disease, poverty, hate, love－Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy（遗产） was far greater that just “great-literature”. February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let’s take a look at two of them.

A White Christmas

Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” － not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today. In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day－unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off. Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth－“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”. In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”

“Dickens” poverty

Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London. He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.

“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.

1.The article is mainly about________.

2.Why is Dickens’ called “the man who invented Christmas”?

3.We can learn from the passage that________.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

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If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of out brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon.

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.

With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain sizes of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.

Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the sizes of the front and side parts of the brain, which have something to do with thinking and feeling, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls task like eating and breathing, does not contract(萎缩) with age.

Contraction of front and side parts, as cells(细胞) die off, was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction---using the head.

The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than those in the towns. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.

1. The team of doctors wanted to find out ____.

A. at what point people grow live longer.

B. how to make people live longer

C. the size of certain people’s brains.

D. which group of people are the busiest

2.Their research findings are based on ______.c

A. an examination of farmers in northern Japan

B. using computer technology

C. examining the brain sizes of different people

D. tests given a thousand old people

3.The doctor’s tests show that ______.

A. our brains contract as we grow older

B. one part of the brain does not contract

C. sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds

D. contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country

4. According to the article, _____ are growing mentally old earlier.

A. engineers    B. office clerks    C. professors    D. researchers

5.The most possible conclusion of the article is that ____.

A. most of us should take more exercise

B. it’s better to live in the towns

C. the brain contracts if it is not used

D. the more one uses his brain, the sooner he becomes old

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Some researchers find that less than half of a spoken message’s real meaning is in the words of the message. They say that most of a message’s meaning comes from understanding how the speaker uses thing like tone of voice（语调）and ______ language. So people use ______ just words to communicate.

Body language includes such things as the ______ on the speaker’s face, gestures the speaker ______ with his or her hands, and the positions of the speaker’s body. Just as there are many different languages spoken around the world, there are many ______ ways for people to use body language, too. For example, ______ may imply different meanings in different cultures. Making a “thumbs up” sign in American means “Great!” However, in Arab cultures, this gesture is ______ offensive (攻击性的). And in India, if ______ want to show speakers that they understand, the listeners will move their heads from side to side. In many Western countries, this means “______”.

______ body language can be used ______ by different cultures, there are also many gestures that are almost used the same way. For example, a smile is understood as a ______ of friendship or good will around the world. Also using an open hand to gesture toward something is viewed as polite or ______ in most cultures. Another example, if you want to ____ “I am interested in you” or “I like you,” this kind of body language is sometimes used between two people. Usually one uses the same gesture and turns the body to fully face ______.

1.A.body B.spoken C.English D.target

2.A.little of B.none of C.more than D.plenty of

3.A.emotion B.mood C.impression D.expression

4.A.makes B.reads C.works D.communicates

5.A.different B.similar C.familiar D.opposite

6.A.eye contacts B.gestures C.looks D.appearances

7.A.closely B.doubtedly C.extremely D.gradually

8.A.listeners B.speakers C.friends D.foreigners

9.A.Yes B.No C.O.K. D.Sorry

10.A.Provided that B.In ease C.While D.Unless

11.A.similarly B.differently C.definitely D.exactly

12.A.sign B.signal C.sigh D.symbol

13.A.exciting B.defensive C.indifferently D.friendly

14.A.conclude B.conduct C.express D.exhibit

15.A.others B.the other C.the others D.another

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To find out _______ young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher in the US. asked his students to think ______ they would run a city of 50,000 people in 2025.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The internet has become part of young people’s life. 1. report shows that 38% of students often use the internet . Most of them get 2. (use) information on the internet 3. use the internet to help in their studies， but many students don’t use it 4. a good way. Some play games too much, and some visit websites 5. shouldn’t look at. So bad things may happen 6. students spend too much time on the internet.

7. is important for students to use the internet properly. Now we have a textbook, 8. uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the internet. It gives useful 9.(advise).

Some students also make friends on the internet, but if you want to have a face-to-face 10. (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.

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The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and ____ less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.

A．being weighed      B．to weigh          C．weighing          D．weighed

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People who often eat nuts appear to live longer, according to the latest study of its kind. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested the greatest benefit was in those eating them on their daily diet.

Eating nuts was linked to a healthier lifestyle including being less likely to smoke or be overweight and more likely to exercise. The British Heart Foundation said more research was needed to prove the link, “While this is an interesting link, we need further research to make sure if it's the nuts that protect heart health, or other sides of people’s lifestyle .”

The study followed nearly 120,000 people for 30 years. The more regularly people ate nuts, the less likely they were to die during the study. People eating nuts once a week were 11% less likely to have died during the study than those who never ate nuts. Lead researcher Dr. Charles Fuchs, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said, “The most obvious benefit was a decrease of 29%in deaths from heart disease, but we also saw a significant reduction-11%- in the danger of dying from cancer.”

They suggest nuts are lowering cholesterol(胆固醇). and insulin resistance(胰岛素抗性). Nuts contain unsaturated fat(不饱和脂肪), protein(蛋白质) and several kinds of vitamins and minerals and they can take the place of snacks like chocolate bars, cakes and biscuits.

Victoria Taylor, senior expert at the British Heart Foundation, said, “This study shows close connection between regularly eating a small handful of nuts and a lower risk of death from heart disease.” Choosing plain, unsalted foods rather than sweet, salted, or chocolate-covered will keep your salt and sugar intake down.

1.According to the passage, what kind of people benefit most from eating nuts?

A. Those who eat most nuts at a time.

B. Those who eat most nuts.

C. Those who eat nuts on their daily diet.

D. Those who eat less nuts.

2.Which kind of disease had a most decrease for regular nuts eater?

A. Cancer.

B. Heart disease.

C. Stomach disease.

D. Unknown.

3.The writer developed the article mainly by　　　　 .

A. providing facts

B. giving examples

C. listing data

D. comparing the difference

4.Which section should the passage be taken from the newspaper?

A. Science section.

B. Health section.

C. Entertainment section.

D. Tech section.

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People who often eat nuts appear to live longer, according to the latest study of its kind. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested the greatest benefit was in those eating them on their daily diet.

Eating nuts was linked to a healthier lifestyle including being less likely to smoke or be overweight and more likely to exercise. The British Heart Foundation said more research was needed to prove the link, “While this is an interesting link, we need further research to make sure if it's the nuts that protect heart health, or other sides of people’s lifestyle.”

The study followed nearly 120,000 people for 30 years. The more regularly people ate nuts, the less likely they were to die during the study. People eating nuts once a week were 11% less likely to have died during the study than those who never ate nuts. Lead researcher Dr. Charles Fuchs, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said, “The most obvious benefit was a decrease of 29% in deaths from heart disease, but we also saw a significant reduction of 11% in the danger of dying from cancer.”

They suggest nuts are lowering cholesterol(胆固醇) and insulin resistance(胰岛素抗性). Nuts contain unsaturated fat(不饱和脂肪), protein(蛋白质) and several kinds of vitamins and minerals and they can take the place of snacks like chocolate bars, cakes and biscuits.

Victoria Taylor, senior expert at the British Heart Foundation, said, “This study shows close connection between regularly eating a small handful of nuts and a lower risk of death from heart disease.” Choosing plain, unsalted foods rather than sweet, salted, or chocolate-covered will keep your salt and sugar intake down.

1.According to the passage, what kind of people benefit most from eating nuts?

A. Those who eat most nuts at a time. B. Those who eat most nuts.

C. Those who eat nuts on their daily diet. D. Those who eat less nuts.

2.Which kind of disease had a most decrease for regular nuts eater?

A. Cancer B. Heart disease

C. Stomach disease D. Unknown.

3.The writer developed the article mainly by__________________.

A. the order of time B. specific examples

C. listing data D. comparing the difference

4.Which section should the passage be taken from the newspaper?

A. Science section B. Health section

C. Entertainment section D. Tech section

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

You often find somebody who works around you complaining all the time, don’t you?1. About 70% of Americans say being around nonstop complainers sometimes has a bad influence on them. Luckily, here are 4 tips to help form positive patterns.

1. Self-awareness

When a negative thought pops into your mind, immediately correct it. Instead of telling yourself “That’s a nice shirt, but I can’t afford it,” change the message to “That will look great with my black pants when I can afford it.” 2.

Of course, everyone complains sometimes. But the less frequently you complain, the better you will feel.

2. Distance yourself

3. Excuse yourself and go somewhere quiet, somewhere outdoors in the fresh air. Think of something pleasant before returning. You have to take this seriously because negative people can and will pull you into the quicksand (困境).

3. Don’t try to change complainers

If you find yourself trapped in a group of complainers in a meeting or at a social event, simply choose silence. Let their words bounce (弹起) off you while you think of something else. Attempting to stop the complaining can make you a target. 4. If someone says, “I hate Mondays, weekends are too short,” try to think, “I’m glad I rested up over the weekend, so I’m ready to make some improvement on that big project.”

4. 5.

When someone is shouting at you angrily, throw the responsibility back at them by asking, “So what do you intend to do about it?” In most cases, complainers don’t really want a solution. They just want to speak them out. If you make them aware that they themselves have to find the solutions, they will leave you alone and find someone else to complain to. If so, you will be happy.

A. Find solutions

B. Change responsibility

C. You have got a lot of company.

D. By doing this, it will lead to positive behaviors.

E. But you can redirect the discussion in your own mind.

F. You will never know what they are going to talk about.

G. Whenever possible, escape from negative conversations.

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